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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does the group want to flee to?

2. Who goes over the side of the mountain and slides about 200 feet before a dead tree breaks their fall?

3. What visible irritation does Randall Flagg notice about Glen?

4. How old is Mother Abigail?

5. What kills the Trashcan Man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Randall Flagg send his Third Eye to spy on in the desert?

2. Tom and Nick leave Julie behind in Kansas after she tries to do what to them?

3. What happens to Randall Flagg at the end of the novel?

4. Why is Nadine Cross concerned about Harold Lauder?

5. Do Larry and Ray survive the nuke?

6. Which characters survive at the end of the novel?

7. Why does Tom Cullen leave Las Vegas?

8. What does Trashcan Man hope to find at the Nellis Air Force Range?

9. What happens when Randall Flagg's powers become stronger?

10. What does Glen mean when he called Flagg "the last magician of rational thought"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the meaning of the book’s title. Does it refer only to the men from Boulder?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Some of the characters discussed, W. B. Yeats' "The Second Coming," poem which was written after the First World War. Do you think that it sets the tone for the entire book?

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